Dahan first prince

Chapter 336 The monarch and the minister have a tacit understanding, isn't this coming?
When Wang Ling and Li Ji followed the eunuch Ling Chuntuo to Changxin Hall, there was only a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere in Changxin Hall.

Under the imperial steps, Cao Shen, the quasi-prime minister and doctor, still sat at the head of the Western courtiers, nodding and smiling from time to time, and bowing his head in thought;
On the imperial steps, the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi was sitting on the imperial couch, her eyes never moved away from the eldest son of the emperor who was babbling and waving his little hands in her arms.

As for Liu Ying and Yang Chengyan, they were like a group of long-time friends rather than monarchs and ministers. They just knelt and sat on the east seat, talking about something with a relaxed expression.

If outsiders saw this scene, they would never have guessed that the number of people present was the most noble and prominent people in the Han Dynasty, and even in the entire known world.

It was precisely with this kind of vague surprise that Wang Ling and Li Ji, who "arrived too late", were finally greeted by Liu Ying and sat down on the left side of Cao Shen... ··
"Wang Taifu, Wei Wei, please sit down."

Greeting with a smile on her face, Liu Ying ended the conversation with Shaofu Yangchengyan in good time, picked up a roll of bamboo slips in front of her, and flipped through them symbolically.

Then, the young emperor Liu Ying met Wang Ling's lonely and suspicious eyes with a relaxed and somewhat resolute gaze.

"His Majesty·······"

"Real tone!"

Without waiting for Wang Ling to ask the doubts in his heart, or even waiting for the word "Your Majesty" to be completely said by Wang Ling, Liu Ying raised her head in a heroic manner, and directly gave the answer to Wang Ling's question.

——Only just now, the Emperor Liu Ying decided to transfer all kinds of military supplies used to scare the Weiman envoys!

Seeing Liu Ying's posture, Li Jizi was still a little surprised, as if he couldn't figure out how long it would take for the Shaofu to get all of such huge military supplies;

But Wang Ling was still an old minister after all, after thinking for a while, he nodded slowly with a serious expression on his face.

In fact, even if he didn't come to Changxin Hall, Wang Ling could roughly guess the result.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to understand.

Firstly, Liu Ying threatened to "deliver military equipment to the country of Yan" in front of court officials, meritorious princes, and Han envoys on the grand court ceremony of Yuanshuo, the first year of the year.

Now that Liu Ying's big words have been uttered, there is basically no reason to swallow them back.

——You are not joking, it is nothing more than the case.

What's more, even if Liu Ying released this big talk, she wanted to "strategically fool" the Han envoys, especially Weiman's envoy Yan Kai, since it was a strategic fool, it must pay a cost.

For example, the military exercises of the East Asian powers of later generations 'not targeting any eagles or chickens', although it is deterrent, but the military exercises with Big Brother still have to be done in a down-to-earth manner.

To put it simply, since Liu Ying was discussing in the Yuanshuo court, she uttered big words about "sending a large amount of military supplies to the country of Yan" in front of the entire court, and even said that these supplies would go on the road with the envoys of the Han Dynasty. ’, so no matter what, the Shaofu has to transport something to the country of Yan.

However, in this era when communication basically relies on shouting and transportation basically relies on walking, and every three stones of grain transported for a thousand miles consumes one of them. A lot of manpower and material resources are spent, but only "fake goods" are transported from Chang'an to thousands of miles. The country of Yan outside the country is obviously an extremely low-cost option.

To put it bluntly, in this era of exorbitantly high transportation costs, paying huge freight to send out empty courier boxes will make people feel so distressed that it is difficult to breathe!
Therefore, even if you don't consider it from a practical point of view, regardless of the difficulty of preparing this batch of military supplies, just to prevent this high transportation fee from being wasted, this express delivery must still send genuine goods.

That is just now, Liu Ying resolutely said the 'true tone'.

Regarding Liu Ying's decision to "actually adjust" weapons, military supplies, and winter clothes to Yan, Wang Ling can naturally understand the reasons.

However, this does not affect Wang Ling in the slightest. From the status of a courtier, a nobleman, an "internal historian and emperor Taifu", and the second alternate prime minister, another key node in this matter is unreservedly placed. Liu Ying, Cao Can, Yang Chengyan, and the queen mother Lu Zhi, who were sitting on the imperial couch, seemed to be playing with her grandson.

"His Majesty."

After pondering for a moment, he pondered his words again, and saw Wang Ling raised his head with a little seriousness, and cast a hesitant glance at Yang Chengyan who was beside Liu Ying.

After seeing Yang Chengyan's relaxed and freehand expression, Wang Ling decided to give up the first one he wanted to raise, and went straight to the point.

"Your Majesty intends to transfer weapons such as bows, feathers and arrows, swords, shields and spears, as well as rations, winter clothes, etc. to Yan Ji, and the Shaofu's face does not show the slightest worry;"

"If you want to come to the Shaofu today, you will have to make the most of the weapons, clothing and food that His Majesty said, not to mention the effortless ability?"

Half-probing, half-joking, he made a tease, and after seeing Yang Chengyan stroking his beard with a little smug smile, Wang Ling finally focused all his attention on the young emperor beside Yang Chengyan: Liu Ying body.

"Your Majesty knows how to transport food, adjust armor, and hold Qi Wu to scare (hè) Weiman, so you should also know: what Your Majesty said..."

"In other words..."

Seeing the end of Wang Ling's speech for a while, Yang Chengyan hurriedly reminded in a low voice kindly: "Bows and crossbows each have one million feathers, swords and shields each have ten thousand, spears and spears each have five thousand; military rations are two million shi, and robes and trousers are fifty thousand. Fifty thousand, one hundred thousand double wadding mattresses..."

Listening to Yang Chengyan explaining the jaw-dropping, even faintly breath-accelerating huge materials, he didn't see the slightest bit of embarrassment, but instead had a proud expression on his face. Even though Wang Ling had been mentally prepared, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. up.

——When did the Han family fight such a rich battle? !
Not to mention the 200 million bows, feathers and arrows, 200 million stone rations, and tens of thousands of swords, shields, daggers, spears and other weapons;

Just the seemingly ordinary sentence of "[-] robes, [-] trousers, and [-] double-padded mattresses" is enough to make Wang Ling feel astonished at the increasingly obvious "big dog" temperament of the Shaofu. .

The robes and trousers mentioned in Yangcheng Yankou obviously do not refer to the single-clothes military robes and trousers that are commonly used by the Han army today, but the winter clothes with two layers of inside and outside, with "wax" in the middle!

As for the thick mattress, Yang Chengyan didn't forget to add adjectives such as 'double flocculation' and 'thick'.

Whether it is the [-] sets of winter clothes and trousers, or the "thick" mattress doubled by the [-] pieces of cotton wool, an extremely large amount of cloth and cotton wool are needed as production materials;

In today's Han Dynasty, cloth is even a stronger hard currency than copper coins or even gold...
"Winter clothes, thick mattresses alone, and the cloth and silk needed by the Shaofu may not be less than tens of thousands..."

"And now, all cloth and silk are priced at a hundred dollars..."

Thinking to himself, and then doing simple calculations, Wang Ling calculated the cost of making these winter clothes and thick mattresses.

Nowadays, a foot of ordinary cloth is priced around a hundred renminbi, and a piece of cloth is four feet long, so the price of a piece of cloth should be around [-] renminbi;
According to Wang Ling's rough estimate, for every two to three sets of winter clothes, at least one bolt of cloth should be needed, and [-] sets would be [-] bolts of cloth.

However, when the word "quilt" appears on occasions where the army supplies, it often refers not only to quilts, but to two sets of quilts and quilts; two or three sets of winter clothes need a piece of cloth, so each set of quilts and quilts should also need at least one piece of cloth. cloth.

——These add up to 12 bolts of cloth, and the price is nearly [-] million yuan!

This is not counting the winter clothes, especially the "wax" caught in the quilt and mattress.

Although he does not know the price of 'flocculation', Wang Ling deduces that since it is military supplies, the 'flocculation content' in this batch of winter clothes and quilts will not be low; the cost required is unlikely to be lower than that of cloth cost.

That is to say: the [-] sets of winter clothes and [-] sets of bedding alone will cost Shaofu about [-] yuan!

Even if the one hundred million yuan is worth one hundred million yuan, and the non-shaofu really spent one hundred million yuan, it would definitely be a huge cost!

Winter clothes and quilts are like this, let alone the remaining rations and even ordnance.

——200 million shi of military grain, even if the price of grain in Guanzhong is about "[-] yuan per shi" today, it is a full [-] million yuan!

Coupled with the batch of weapons ordnance carefully crafted by the Shaofu, the value can be called 'immeasurable'...
"Besides, what His Majesty has done is quite in the style of Emperor Gao and Empress Dowager."

"I just don't know the ability to make money..."

Thinking of this, Wang Ling raised his head with a strange expression, and looked at Yang Chengyan with a smirk from time to time, stroking his beard triumphantly from time to time, looking left and right, at a loss, Wang Ling couldn't help but put on Yang Chengyan's eyes. A little bit of...

envy!

Once upon a time, even just a few short years ago, the Shaofu under the control of Yang Chengyan was still the department with the lowest sense of existence, the least power and position, and the worst public voice among the three princes and nine ministers in the court.

Especially the melting and casting of the three bahts of the Han Dynasty, almost everyone in the world scolded Yangchengyan, a "craftsman's young mansion"!
But now, Shaofu has accumulated such a huge wealth in just a few years...

In the past, except for the Prime Minister Xiao He, all the people from the other departments of the Sangong and Jiuqing saw Yang Chengyan, and they wished they could put on the air of a "shangguan";

——Even Zongzheng's yamen, which does not have the chief official Jiuqing in charge, is no exception!
But now, although Yang Chengyan still hasn't found the right position in the ups and downs of "getting rich", and still looks like a smile to everyone, but in today's Chang'an court, no one dares to neglect this Holding the money in the Shaofu, the craftsman with two thousand stones in the food salary has built the Shaofu.

As for the reason, it is also obvious.

Just a few days ago, when Xiao He was seriously ill, Emperor Liu Ying expressed that he wanted to build a Xiao He canal. Yang Chengyan stood up almost immediately, slapped his chest, and boldly said: repair the canal All the money and food needed will be paid by my Shaofu!
Right now, Liu Ying wants to transport a batch of military supplies with a total value (excluding ordnance) of more than 15 million yuan to Yan State, but judging by Yang Chengyan's appearance, I am afraid that this matter will still be "independently completed" by the Shaofu.

What makes Wang Ling most incomprehensible is that in just a few months, after taking over the two "big projects" of the Fengqu project and the transfer of military supplies, Yangchengyan seems to be still planning to go to court in the near future. At the same time, please build a royal garden: Shanglin Garden, and the capital Chang'an...

"Is it true that the government-run grain and rice can make such huge profits?"

Couldn't help slandering again in his heart, Wang Ling finally shook his head to himself, forcing himself to divert his attention away from his daydream of 'how rich is the Shaofu'.

Then, it was Wang Ling who put his real confusion directly in front of Liu Ying.

"That is to say, this time, the Shaofu's transfer of armaments, military rations, and winter clothes to Yan are all for the truth, so I just ask your majesty."

"—What is His Majesty's plan for North Korea?"

"Battle or not?!"

Hearing Wang Ling's question in the first half, Liu Ying planned to carefully choose her words to see how she could explain her intentions to Wang Ling more properly.

But in the royal tomb is this 'war or not? 'After the inquiry, Liu Ying couldn't help but look serious!
Raising her head, after seeing the unreserved sincerity in Wang Ling's eyes, Liu Ying also quietly let go of her plan to 'beat around the bush'.

"No fight!"

"One day the Huns of the northern barbarians still have the power to go south to plunder, one day the Henan land is not recovered by the king's master, and there will never be a single soldier of the Han Dynasty who crosses the Wei River eastward and confronts Weiman with swords and swords!"

Seeing Liu Ying's tone suddenly became serious, Cao Can and Yang Chengyan couldn't help sitting up straight at the side, their eyes kept switching between Wang Ling and Liu Yingjun and his ministers. Seriously.

Even above the imperial steps, the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi, who was still 'concentrated' on teasing the eldest son of the emperor, couldn't help but froze when she heard Liu Ying's words. Gong played a game of 'pinch your nose'.

Under the imperial steps, Wang Ling finally heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Liu Ying's straightforward words, but his expression still carried the solemnity blended into his temperament.

"Your Majesty's 'holding the dry dance' this time, using the deployment of military equipment and winter clothes to command the guards, he should call himself 'seeing thousands of miles';"

"Your Majesty does not want to lose national strength, but it is not wrong to transfer winter clothes, thick mattresses, military rations, and weapons to Yanji."

"However, for the future, does Your Majesty have a plan?"

Softly expressing his doubts, Wang Ling put on a posture of "please enlighten me, Your Majesty" for fear that Liu Ying might misunderstand, to express his inquiry instead of questioning.

With his body moving and his mouth working hard, Wang Ling didn't let up.

"Your Majesty should know that the soldiers of Fan Yan's whole country are only three to fifty thousand, and among them, the elite are more than last year. They were coerced by the Marquis of Chang'an to go north and join the barbarians."

"However, the winter clothes and thick mattresses, the rations and the weapons that His Majesty ordered are enough for an army of tens of thousands, and His Majesty just said: But if the land of Henan is gone, and the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, there will be no one crossing the Weishui eastward."

"And today, at the border gates of our Han family, most of the officers and men lack food and clothing; even so, when Hu Qi goes south, this generation will not forget to defend the city with empty stomachs and single clothes, and hold spears and bows to guard the border!"

"—If Your Majesty transfers winter clothes, thick mattresses, and rations and ordnance to Yanji, it will be ignored by the border gates, and the officers and men of the border gates will know it..."

"Where is the military spirit?"

"Where's the side wall?"

"What's more, the style of martial arts in my Han family, and the 'benevolence' praised by Emperor Gao and His Majesty the world?!"

After saying these words full of worry, Wang Ling finally sighed a little, then hurriedly pulled himself together and quietly waited for Liu Ying's reply.

But soon, Wang Ling found that after hearing his question, Cao Can and Yang Chengyan looked at Wang Ling with more and more playfulness...

(End of this chapter)